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SETTERM(1)                       User Commands                      SETTERM(1)

NAME
       setterm - set terminal attributes
SYNOPSIS
       setterm [options]
DESCRIPTION
       setterm  writes  to standard output a character string that will invoke
       the specified terminal capabilities.  Where possible terminfo  is  con-
       sulted  to  find the string to use.  Some options however (marked "vir-
       tual consoles only" below) do not correspond to a terminfo(5)  capabil-
       ity.  In this case, if the terminal type is "con" or "linux" the string
       that invokes the specified capabilities on the PC Minix virtual console
       driver is output.  Options that are not implemented by the terminal are
       ignored.
OPTIONS
       For boolean options (on or off), the default is on.
       For conciseness, an 8-color below is black, red, green,  yellow,  blue,
       magenta, cyan, or white.
       A  16-color is an 8-color, grey, or bright followed by red, green, yel-
       low, blue, magenta, cyan, or white.
       The various color options may be set independently, at least at virtual
       consoles,  though  the  results of setting multiple modes (for example,
       -underline and -half-bright) are hardware-dependent.
       -appcursorkeys [on|off] (virtual consoles only)
              Sets Cursor Key Application Mode on or off. When on,  ESC  O  A,
              ESC O B, etc.  will be sent for the cursor keys instead of ESC [
              A, ESC [ B, etc.  See the "vi and Cursor-Keys"  section  of  the
              Text-Terminal-HOWTO  for  how  this  can  cause  problems for vi
              users.
       -append [1-NR_CONS]
              Like -dump, but appends to the snapshot file  instead  of  over-
              writing it.  Only works if no -dump options are given.
       -background 8-color|default (virtual consoles only)
              Sets the background text color.
       -blank [0-60|force|poke] (virtual consoles only)
              Sets  the  interval  of  inactivity, in minutes, after which the
              screen will be automatically blanked (using APM  if  available).
              Without an argument, gets the blank status (returns which vt was
              blanked or zero for unblanked vt).
              The force option keeps screen blank even if a key is pressed.
              The poke option unblank the screen.
       -bfreq [freqnumber]
              Sets the bell frequency in Hz.  Without an argument, defaults to
              0.
       -blength [0-2000]
              Sets  the  bell  duration in milliseconds.  Without an argument,
              defaults to 0.
       -blink [on|off]
              Turns blink mode on or off.  Except at a virtual console, -blink
              off  turns  off  all  attributes  (bold, half-brightness, blink,
              reverse).
       -bold [on|off]
              Turns bold (extra bright) mode on or off.  Except at  a  virtual
              console,  -bold off turns off all attributes (bold, half-bright-
              ness, blink, reverse).
       -clear [all]
              Clears the screen and "homes" the cursor, as clear(1).
       -clear rest
              Clears from the current  cursor  position  to  the  end  of  the
              screen.
       -clrtabs [tab1 tab2 tab3 ...] (virtual consoles only)
              Clears  tab stops from the given horizontal cursor positions, in
              the range 1-160.  Without arguments, clears all tab stops.
       -cursor [on|off]
              Turns the terminal's cursor on or off.
       -default
              Sets the terminal's rendering options to the default values.
       -dump [1-NR_CONS]
              Writes a snapshot of the given virtual console (with attributes)
              to  the file specified in the -file option, overwriting its con-
              tents; the default is screen.dump.  Without an  argument,  dumps
              the current virtual console.  Overrides -append.
       -append [1-NR_CONS]
              Like  -dump,  but  appends to the snapshot file instead of over-
              writing it.  Only works if no -dump options are given.
       -file dumpfilename
              Sets the snapshot file name for any -dump or -append options  on
              the  same  command  line.   If  this  option is not present, the
              default is screen.dump in the current directory.   A  path  name
              that exceeds system maximum will be truncated, see PATH_MAX from
              linux/limits.h for the value.
       -msg [on|off] (virtual consoles only)
              Enables or disables the sending of kernel printk()  messages  to
              the console.
       -msglevel 1-8 (virtual consoles only)
              Sets  the  console  logging  level for kernel printk() messages.
              All messages strictly more important than this will be  printed,
              so  a  logging  level  of 0 has the same effect as -msg on and a
              logging level of 8 will print all kernel messages.  klogd(8) may
              be  a  more  convenient  interface to the logging of kernel mes-
              sages.
       -powerdown [0-60]
              Sets the VESA powerdown interval in minutes.  Without  an  argu-
              ment,  defaults  to  0  (disable  powerdown).  If the console is
              blanked or the monitor is in suspend mode, then the monitor will
              go  into vsync suspend mode or powerdown mode respectively after
              this period of time has elapsed.
       -underline [on|off]
              Turns underline mode on or off (see -ulcolor).
       -powersave [off]
              Turns off monitor VESA powersaving features.
       -powersave on|vsync
              Puts the monitor into VESA vsync suspend mode.
       -powersave powerdown
              Puts the monitor into VESA powerdown mode.
       -powersave hsync
              Puts the monitor into VESA hsync suspend mode.
       -regtabs [1-160] (virtual consoles only)
              Clears all tab stops, then sets a regular tab stop pattern, with
              one  tab  every specified number of positions.  Without an argu-
              ment, defaults to 8.
       -repeat [on|off] (virtual consoles only)
              Turns keyboard repeat on or off.
       -reset Displays the terminal reset string, which typically  resets  the
              terminal to its power on state.
       -reverse [on|off]
              Turns  reverse  video  mode on or off.  Except at a virtual con-
              sole, -reverse off turns off all attributes (bold,  half-bright-
              ness, blink, reverse).
       -store (virtual consoles only)
              Stores  the terminal's current rendering options (foreground and
              background colors) as the values to be used at reset-to-default.
       -tabs [tab1 tab2 tab3 ...] (virtual consoles only)
              Sets tab stops at the given horizontal cursor positions, in  the
              range 1-160.  Without arguments, shows the current tab stop set-
              tings.
       -term terminal_name
              Overrides the TERM environment variable.
       -ulcolor 16-color (virtual consoles only)
              Sets the color for underlined characters.
       -version
              Output version information and exit.
       -help  Output help screen and exit.
SEE ALSO
       tput(1), stty(1), terminfo(5), tty(4)
BUGS
       Differences between the Minix and Linux versions are not documented.
AVAILABILITY
       The setterm command is part of the util-linux package and is  available
       from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

util-linux                       January 2000                       SETTERM(1)